Synopsis: Thought-provoking perspectives from 5 celebrated experts highlighting intriguing aspects of memory research, from cutting-edge neuroscience experiments, to the malleability of memory to the impact of sleep to how an intense exposure to the game of bridge can naturally result in remarkable feats of memory.
Runtime: 23 mins. | Production year: 2017
Featured researchers:
- Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor in Psychology, Northeastern University
- Fred Gitelman, former world-champion bridge player
- Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science; Criminology, Law, and Society; Cognitive Science and Law, UC Irvine
- Alcino Silva, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Psychology at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Director of the Integrated Center for Learning and Memory, UCLA
- Matthew Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Founder and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science, UC Berkeley
